Hat-protector.



L. F. WOLFE. HAT rsswso'ron.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 2?, 1909 Patent-ed Kw. 1&1910.

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by Z 8k O F 'wnYmoUrrn; mAssAcnnsnrrsr Application filed a; rriber 27, 1909. Serial in. 530,192.

To all whom it mag concern: Be'it known that I, LnoNAnn F. cm, of Weymouth, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented .cer tain new and useful Improvements in Hat- Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvehtion relates to protectors' for application to ladies hats to exclude rain and dust therefrom. o

The invention has for its object to PIO'VldQ a protector for the purpose stated adapted to be quickly and conveniently applied to a hat while on the wearers head. and to cover being conformable to wide varieties of or slitwithout injury to the hat or its or- 'nanit-ntation, and presenting an attractive appearance when inuse. v

ments which I will now proceedto describe Of the accom panyingdrawings, forming I so all exposed. parts of the same, the protector The invention consists, in the improveand claim.

a. 'part of this specification,-*F1gure 1 represents a side view of a protector embodying my invention, spread out ap roxlmately fiat. Fig. 2 represents a perspec we View of 1 the protector ready for applicat on to a hat.

Fig. 3 represents a perspective vlew showing the protector in lace on a hat.

The same re erence characters indicate v the same parts in all the figures.

In the preferred embodiment of'myini vention, illustated in the drawings, the protector is composed of a single oblong sheet 12 of suitable flexible and preferably waterroof material, such as rubber-backed silk. he form of the sheet prior to the application of the elastic contracting cord, herelnafter described, is preferably as indicated by full and dotted lines in Fig. 1, the dotted marginal lines indicating the form of the forward end of the sheet before a portion of its margin is contracted, said end having preferably a semi-circular curvature.

In adapting the sheet 12 for use as a hat protector, I a ply to its curved forward end an elastic cor or tape 13, the end portions of which are attached to the sheet at 14, 14, the said end of the sheet being hemmed m. such manner as to provide a pocket for the cord as .pos

13 extending along the mar not the sheet,- .The cord 13 is first attache to the sheet at one end, andis then stretched before its opite end is attached, so. that when both, ends are attached and, thecord. isallowed .to

the margin of thesheet' occupied by the elastic cord being thus yieldingly contracted to 15 ofahat. H 17, 17 represent'fastening members which are preferably inelastic strings or tapes atmembers; being adapted'to be tied aroun the rear portion of the sheet underthe. rear portion of the hat brim.-

contracted at. one end, said contracted tron forming an elastic flan e portion w ich bears'on the under side 0? the brim, said flange including and being completed by the engaged withthe strings 17. The said flan 0 therefore has an elastic rt-ion and inelastlc portions, and isadapte by said elastic portion to conform automatically to the diameter of the hat brim, the flan e as a whole extending continuously around the underside of the brim. Themain portion or body of the sheet is adapted to cover the crown 18' and the upper side of the brim of the hat, the rear end portion of the sheet being adapthat brim. I

In applying the protector to a hat, the

elastic flantge portion of the sheet is placed under the o'rward end of the brim, the body and downwardly across the rear end of the brim, portions of the margin of the sheet adjacent to the ends .of the elastic cord 13 being drawn backwardly against the under side of the brim and brought together at the rear end of the brim to form the inelastic portions of the flange, as indicated in Fig. 3. The said inelastic flange ortions, which are indicated by the numera s 19, are

form Cpockets through which the strings 17 exten the said pockets being adapted to slide upon the strings toward and from the points 16 where the strings are attached, s0 that the inelastic portions of the flange are adjustable. The protector is secured in place by tying the strings 17 together where they emerge fromthie pockets, and then carrying ed to depend from the rear portion 'of the preferably hemmed in such manner as to' v c'incation ofLettei-s Patent. a P i s f NOV 15,1916.

f contrachfthe f material forming the receiv ng pocket is contracted and gathered,- as lndlcated in Figs. 1 and 2, the portion of form an elastic flange adapted to bear on the 3 under side of the front portion of the brim tachedat 16, 16 to the protector at opposite 'f ends of the elastic cord 13, said fastenin" It will be seen that the pr'otectorfconstructed as shown,.has its margin yieldingly port ons of the edge of .the sheet which are portion is carried over the top of the crown,

the oiiter portions of the strings around the;

depending portion of the body of the protector to constrict said portion just below the rear end of the hat brim, the strings being tied together at the back side of the constricted portion. In applying the protector to the hat and flying the strings 17 together, the elastic cor is stretched more or less, according to the diameter of the hat brim.

The portions of the margin of the sheet forming the'inelastie flange portions are gathered or contracted upon the strings 17 by the tying operation in case the hat brim is of relatively small diameter requirin such contraction of the margin as woulde afportions of the rear end of the buds of the protector are free and nncontracted," said rear end is a'da ted to hang gracefully as a pendant from t 1e rgar end of the brim w iltllliout presentin a aggy a earanee. e

endant may be of any degi red length, its ength depending on the length of the sheet" 1 claim:

A but protector comprising a sheet of flexible material having one edge provided with a pocket, an elastic cord havin its ends permanently secured within said pocket. whereby the material is caused to gather between said ends to form a brim engaging hood which is adjustable for but brains of c ditierent sizes, and nonelastic, strings on red to said material at opposite sides thereof and adapted to constrict the body portion of said material at the rear of the hat. brim.

In testimony whereof I have atfixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

Y LEONARD F. WOLFE. Witnesses:

C. F. Bnown, P. W. Pnzznm I 

